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Endovascular Management of an Infected Superficial Femoral Artery Pseudoaneurysm

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This article describes an endovascular technique of treating an infected pseudoaneurysm by direct thrombin injection via a catheter placed inside the aneurysm sac while maintaining temporary balloon occlusion of the neck of the false aneurysm.

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Drs. Karthik Damodharan and David Beckett declare no conflict of interests.

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Correspondence to Karthik Damodharan.

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Damodharan, K., Beckett, D. Endovascular Management of an Infected Superficial Femoral Artery Pseudoaneurysm. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 36, 1411–1415 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-013-0609-z

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